Professional

Development
Sarah Gauthier
University of Arizona College of Nursing
Direct Patient Care
 Strengths  Short Term Goals
 Compassionate (Present – 2 years)
 Critical Thinker  Delegate Effectively
 Kind-hearted and Efficiently
 Organized/Responsible  Improve Confidence
 Outgoing/Positive  Greater Proficiency in
Personality Clinical Skills
 Opportunities for  Long Term Goals (3-5
Improvement years)
 Delegation  Continue to Use New
 Self-Confidence Evidence-Based
 Skills Proficiency Practice to Enhance
Skills
Unit Leadership
 Strengths
 Adaptability/Flexibility

 Enthusiastic

 Interprofessional Collaboration/Team Player

 Organized/Responsible

 Works Well Under Pressure

 Opportunities for Improvement
 Confidence as a New Graduate
 Delegation
Unit Leadership Continued…
 Short Term Goals/Strategies (Present – 2 years)
 Become a Charge Nurse
 Become a Student Nurse Preceptor
 Confidence in Delegation
 Join a Committee
 Serve as a Role Model for Patient-Centered Care
 Long Term Goals/Strategies (3-5 years)
 Improve as a Charge Nurse
 Become a RN Preceptor
Professional Development
 Short Term Goals/Strategies (Present – 2 years)
 PALS (Pediatric Advanced Life Support) Certification
 NALS (Neonatal Advanced Life Support) Certification
 Subscribe to Monthly Nursing Journals on Evidenced-Based
Practice Nursing
 Long Term Goals/Strategies (3-5 years)
 Become a Nurse Practitioner
 Join American Nurse’s Association
 Volunteer Abroad
Management and Leadership Book
 First Year Nurse: Wisdom, warnings, and what I wish I’d
known my first 100 days on the job by Barbara Arnoldussen
 Provides a first-look from experienced nurses about coping
as a first year nurse
 Will help a new nurse survive and thrive in their first 100
days
 Provided do’s and don’ts
 Shows compassion, insight, and enthusiasm for nursing
 Beneficial Towards Personal Growth
 Provided tips to prevent burnout, how to cope in certain
situations, the importance of organization, and how
other RN nurses have become successful in their job
 Enhances my confidence as a new graduate nurse
 Shares the joys of being a nurse
Leadership Shadowing Experience
 Charge Nurse of Pediatric Unit at Tucson Medical Center
 Rationale for Experience
 Gain knowledge on the role of Charge Nurse
 Role and Qualities of Charge Nurse
 Adaptability/Flexibility

 Decision-Making/Prioritization

 Delegation

 Organized/Responsible

 Staffing Unit
 Team Collaboration
 Professional Activities
 American Heart  DNP Presentation  DNP Presentation
Association Basic  Screening for  Increasing
Life Support Depression with Influenza
 Certification in Chronic Pain: An Vaccination Rates
CPR and in using Education among Pregnant
an AED for both Intervention for Women
adults and Nurse  Health
children Teaching
Practitioners
 Class Given to  Discussed Intervention
Practice Relationship Implemented
Performing Between to Increase
Basic Life Vaccine
Support in an Chronic Pain Offering
Emergency and Depression
Situation and Screening
Options
Professional Activities Continued…
 DNP Presentation  DNP Presentation
 Systematic Review of
Micronutrient
Deficiency One Year or
More After Bariatric
Surgery
 Discussion on how
Bariatric Surgery
can Exacerbate
Micronutrient
Deficiencies and
Result in Life-long
Complications
 Evaluation of the
Transitional Care
Process Post Discharge
in the VA of Southern
Nevada
 Review of the
Transitional Care
Post-Discharge
 Health Outcomes
were Poor and
Readmissions were
Higher than
Expected
Timeline
Graduate/Pass NCLEX

Obtain a New Graduate Residency

Position as Pediatric or PICU Nurse
in Orange County

Become PALS Certified

Become a Charge Nurse

Become a Pediatric Nurse

Practitioner
Educational Plan
 Aspirations  Short Term Goals
 Pediatric/PICU Nursing (Present – 2 years)
 Enhance Knowledge in
 Best Nurse Possible
Evidenced-Based
 Travel Nursing Practice
 Fluency in French  Learn Techniques and
 Become a Charge Nurse Therapies to Better
 Potential Opportunities Assist in Patient-Care
 PALS Certification
 Master’sDegree for
Nurse Practitioner  Long Term Goals (3-5
 Nursing Functions years)
 Return to School to
 Volunteer in
Underdeveloped become a Nurse
Countries Practitioner
References
 Arnoldussen, B. (2009). First year nurse: Wisdom,
warnings, and what I wish I’d known my first 100 days on
the job. New York, NY: Kaplan Publishing.